Fall Lecture and Tour!

Featuring Josh Hadro
Deputy Director, NYPL Labs

“The Second Generation Digital Library”

When: Friday, October 30, 2015
Tour of NYPL: 5:30 – 6:00 PM
Lecture and reception: 6:00 – 8:30 PM

Location: The New York Public Library
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street
Room 201

As Deputy Director of The New York Public Library Labs, Josh supports the Digital Imaging Unit, the Metadata Services Unit, the Permissions and Reproductions unit, and the new Semantic Applications and Data Research program, while also coordinating NYPL’s digital content partnerships with the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), HathiTrust Digital Library, Google Books, and others. 

Josh holds a BA from Columbia University and an MSLIS from Pratt Institute. He also teaches at the Pratt Institute, and serves as an editorial board member of the open-access Weave Journal of Library User Experience. 

 

Refreshments will be served. In honor of Halloween, a prize will be given for the best costume!

 

Space is limited

Please RSVP to betaphimutheta [at] gmail [dot] com by October 27th. 

Suggested donation $5. 

Download the flyer here!

Save the Date: Annual Fall Lecture

Save the date for Friday, October 30th for Beta Phi Mu Theta's Annual Fall Lecture!

We are pleased to announce that Josh Hadro, Deputy Director, NYPL Labs, Pratt alum, professor and a member of the Theta chapter, will be speaking on “The Second Generation Digital Library”, at the Stephen A. Schwartzman Building on October 30, 2015 in the evening.

More details to come!

Questions? Email us at betaphimutheta [at] gmail [dot] com